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1. The ACN Opportunity has been designed to help you build a successful business of your own. ACN Independent
U.S. Business Owners (IBOs) can earn money in two ways:
Compensation
1 Monthly residual commissions based on their personal and downline customers’ usage of ACN’s service 2 Weekly and Monthly Bonuses
Plan Overview based on customer acquisition
Effective July 1, 2011
Get to know ACN’s Compensation Plan in detail – so you can learn how to put it to work in your business.
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Positions & Qualifications
STARTING POSITION: Every IBO starts as a Team Trainer (TT).
Qualified Team Trainer (QTT)
Compensation is earned at ACN only when
To become a qualified Team Trainer, you must have at least 5 customers are acquired.
Customer Points (including at least 2 Preferred Customers).
Preferred Customers must be either different services or the
same service from a household other than your own. Access your IBO Back Office for details on
5 Customer You must be a qualified Team Trainer (QTT) in order to earn ACN’s monthly, promotional bonuses –
Points bonuses. designed to get new IBOs off to a fast start.
EARNED POSITIONS: There are 6 earned positions at ACN.
Executive Team Executive Team Team Coordinator Regional Director Regional Vice Senior Vice
Trainer (ETT) Leader (ETL) (TC) (RD) President (RVP) President (SVP)
You You You You You You
7 Customer 15 Customer
Points Points
QTT ETT ETT QTT 200 200 200 TC TC TC TC RVP TC RD
Customer Customer Customer
Points Points Points
QTT ETT TC TC RD RVP
Success as an ACN Independent
Business Owner is not guaranteed,
but rather influenced by an TC TC TC
individual’s specific effort. Not all You acquire You acquire 200 Customer Points 1 TC in 3 separate legs 1 TC in 4 separate legs Must have 1 TC or above
IBOs make a profit and no one can 7 Customer Points 15 Customer Points in 3 separate legs at any level at any level in 6 separate legs, includ-
be guaranteed success as an ACN and and ing at least 3 RD/RVP legs
IBO. ACN’s Compensation Plan is 1 QTT in 1 ETT in and one of those legs
subject to change without notice at 2 separate legs 3 separate legs must be a RVP leg.
ACN’s discretion and for any reason. at any level at any level
Minimum Monthly Minimum Monthly Minimum Monthly
Downline Billings: Downline Billings: Downline Billings:
$50,000 $75,000 $500,000
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2. ACN Customer Point System & Commissionable Revenue
ACN Customer
The only way to earn income at ACN is through the acquisition of customers; therefore all IBOs must acquire customers in order to meet qualifications and advance
Point System through ACN’s earned positions. ACN utilizes a customer point system for each of its products and services.
Preferred Monthly Commissionable Duration of Points
Product / Service Customer Points
Customer Points Revenue* and Commissions
Telecommunication Services
Digital Phone Service w/Video Phone 2 Points 3 100% Life of Customer
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Digital Phone Service w/Phone Adapter 2 Points 3 100% Life of Customer
Digital Phone Service Family Plan 1 Point 100% Life of Customer
2 Points (Special Promo:June 24-July 31)
Local and Long Distance 2 Points 3 100% Life of Customer
Long Distance 1 Point 100% Life of Customer
Mobile World U.S. & Canada = 1 Point; 100% Life of Customer
International = 1 Point
Pay As You Go = n/a
CLEAR WiMAX 1 Point Home – $40 2 years1
Home & Mobile – $60
Home & Two Mobile – $80
DigitalTalk Commercial Digital Phone Service 2-4 lines = 3 Points 3 100% Life of Customer
5-9 lines = 4 Points 3
10+ lines = 5 Points 3
Digital Talk Express – Digital Phone Service for 3 Points 3 100% Life of Customer
Home Office & Small Business
Flash Wireless 1 line = 2 Points 3 100% Life of Customer
2-3 lines = 3 Points 3
4-5 lines = 4 Points 3
Wireless – New Accounts (Individual or Air Card) 1 line = 2 Points 3 One line or air card – $40 2 years1
Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint, Nextel 2-3 lines = 3 Points 3 2 Line – $60
4-5 lines = 4 Points 3 3 Line – $70
4 Line – $80
5 Line – $90
Wireless Extensions – any number of lines 1 Point Single Line Extensions – $20 2 years1
Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint, Nextel 2 Line Family Extensions – $30
3-5 Line Family Extensions – $35
Wireless Add-A-Line 1-2 lines = 1 Point Add-A-Line – $10 per line 2 years1
Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint, Nextel 3-4 lines = 2 Points
Home Services
Satellite TV – DIRECTV or DISH (Residential or Business) 2 Points 3 DIRECTV – $60; DISH – $50 2 years1
Satellite TV – DISH FLEX24 Plan 1 Point $19.99 2 years1
ADT Home Security 2 Points 3 $40 3 years1
Vivint – Home Security & Automation 2 Points 3 100% 42 months
Energy – Natural Gas or Electricity 1 Point each 3 50%** Life of Customer
Computer Support (Residential or Business) 1 Point 100% Life of Customer
Other
U.S. Your Business Assistant2 1 Point None Life of Subscription
Compensation *Commissionable revenue is billed revenue less taxes, surcharges and an allowance for bad debt. ACN
reserves the right to reduce commissionable revenue by a percentage factor for promotional plans, products,
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Customers will no longer count toward points if they cancel prior to the term of their agreement.
If a Your Business Assistant subscription was used for CAB or T-CAB qualifications and is cancelled within the
negotiated pricing or certain services.
Plan Overview
first 60 days, the bonus will be retracted.
**Energy rates subject to fluctuation. ACN reserves the right to cap commissionable billing at $1/therm and DSL service is not commissionable. Customers who cancel within 90 days will be immediately purged
13.5¢/kilowatt hour. IBOs will receive commissions on 50% of the customers’ actual energy usage, excluding regardless of the reason for cancelling and may result in reversal of all bonuses.
taxes and surcharges..
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3. ACN Compensation
ACN
1 Monthly Residual Commissions
Commissions
Over time, your goal is for the majority of your compensation to come from the residual income of your customers’ monthly billings. Customer acquisition is the
fuel for your business, creating long-term lasting income. The bottom line is that you are acquiring customers and teaching other people how to do the same
U.S. Compensation
thing in order to build residual income for yourself.
Plan Overview
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Personal Commissions
As you acquire your own, personal customers, you qualify to earn between 1% and 10% of their
monthly bills. This percentage is based on your total number of Customer Points: DigitalTalk Commercial Personal Commissions
Billing Commission Billing Commission
Example:
1-29 Customer Points = 1% (Average $40 Monthly Bill)
Volume % Volume %
$0 to $1,999 3% $8,000 to $9,999 7%
40 Customer Points = $40/month
$2,000 to $3,999 4% $10,000 to $12,499 8%
30-39 Customer Points = 3% personal commission
$4,000 to $5,999 5% $12,500 to $14,999 9%
20 Customers (totaling 40 Customer Points) x $40 bill
x 5% = $40/month personal commission $6,000 to $7,999 6% $15,000 + 10 %
40-49 Customer Points = 5% 50 Customer Points = $100/month Commissions on large commercial accounts and customers acquired
personal commission by Affinity programs (such as not-for-profit organizations) may be paid
according to a custom commission schedule that will be determined at
50+ Customer Points = 10% 25 Customers (totaling 50 Customer Points) x $40 bill
x 10% = $100/month personal commission the time the program/contract is completed.
When an IBO has more than 30 Customer Points, upline commissions on only that IBO’s
personal customers will be cut in half.
Overriding Residual Commissions Commissionable billing for some wireless carriers, satellite
Schedule of commissions earned from customer acquisition in your organization and Personal Customer Points required: TV, ADT home security and CLEAR WiMAX customers is a fixed
Commissions by Service amount. Refer to the ACN Customer Point System chart for
Telecommunications DigitalTalk Commercial QUALIFICATIONS FOR EACH COMMISSION LEVEL amounts.
Levels
and Home Services Digital Phone Personal Customer Points IBOs will receive a percentage of these amounts each month
Personal 1-10 % 3-10 % See box above depending on where they fall in the compensation plan.
1 1/4 % 1% For example, if you have 100 IBOs on your 7th level, and each
2 1/4 % 1/2 %
10
has 4 single line wireless customers, you would receive $1,280 in
3 1/4 % 1/4 % monthly residual commissions off those customers.
4 1/2 % 1/4 %
20
For Example:
5 3% ------ 100 reps x 4 single line wireless customers x $40 commissionable
6 5% ------ 40 revenue x 8% = $1,280
7 8% ------
A RD earns commissions on all customers below 7th level to TIP: Seventh Level Qualifications
Open Line RD 1% 1/2 %
an unlimited number of levels to the next RD’s 7th level. ACN IBOs can qualify to receive over-riding commissions on and
Open Line RVP 1 1/2 % 1% throughout their seventh level by acquiring and maintaining 40
A RVP earns commissions on all customers below 7th level to
1st Generation RVP 1% 1/2 % Personal Customer Points. Set a goal to acquire and maintain 50
an unlimited number of levels to the next RVP’s 7th level.
2nd Generation RVP 1/2 % ------ Personal Customer Points as quickly as possible to maximize personal
Open Line SVP 2% 1/2 % A SVP earns commissions on all customers below 7th level to customer commissions.
1st Generation SVP 1% ------ an unlimited number of levels to the next SVP’s 7th level.
Complete customers must be received by 2:00pm ET on the first Friday of the month in order for IBOs to qualify for commissions. Commissions are released on the first business day following the third
RDs, RVPs and SVPs also receive overriding residual income beyond the
Friday of each month. Commissions are paid the third month after the close of the month the customer is billed. 7th level as detailed in the Commissions by Service chart to the left.
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4. ACN Compensation
ACN
2 Weekly and Monthly Bonuses
Bonuses
The second way IBOs can earn compensation is through weekly Customer Acquisition Bonuses (CABs) and monthly Team Customer Acquisition Bonuses (TCABs).
Customer Acquisition Bonuses – CABs
Customer Acquisition Bonuses (CABs) are paid when your newly sponsored Team Trainers become qualified within 30 days of their start date. In order to count for
qualifications, all new customers must show a “complete” status on the IBO’s Personal Customer List. A customer will show a “complete” status when all the necessary
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information has been received and processed by ACN.
CABs will be paid 14 days following the new TT’s start date once they qualify within their first 30 days.
Team Trainer CAB: $25 A QTT must have at least 5 Customer Points
Qualified TTs can earn a $25 Customer Acquisition Bonus for every (including at least 2 Preferred Customers).
directly sponsored new TT that they help get qualified within the new TTs
first 30 days.
QTT
$25 QTT
$25
$0 TT
QTT $25 QTT
Only QTTs are eligible to receive the TT CAB. However, the sponsoring Remember:
TT does not have to be qualified on the day they sponsor the new TT, but must Compensation is earned at ACN only when customers
be qualified by the new Team Trainers 30th day.
are acquired.
TC and Above CABs:
Team Coordinators and above can earn CABs on all the new QTTs in their open line – and not just the QTTs they directly sponsor.
TIP: An IBO’s open line consists of all the IBOs in their organization down to the next IBO at their same earned position or higher.
Customer Acquisition Bonus Schedule
TC RVP SVP
U.S. Open Line = $50 Open Line = $30 Open Line = $30
Compensation 1st generation = $20 1st generation = $15 1st generation = $15
Plan Overview RDs, RVPs and SVPs can earn TC CABs on newly qualified Team Trainers in their TC open line.
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5. Open Line and Open Line Customer Acquisition Bonuses (CABs) are earned when IBOs Every time a new Team Trainer becomes qualified (QTT) within 30 days, ACN
Generational in your downline – who have not yet reached your same earned position – help pays out a CAB. How much of that CAB you could receive depends on your
earned position and the earned position held by the other IBOs between you
their newly sponsored TTs become qualified within their first 30 days.
CABs and the newly qualified Team Trainer.
CABs are only earned when new TTs become qualified by acquiring at least 5
For example: Personal Customer Points including 2 Preferred Customers within their first 30
Jill
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days.
TC
Jill’s Open Line
ETT ETT Kate $50
Jill earns a QTT
$50 TC open Bob John $50
line CAB on ETL QTT
Kate and
Sara ETT ETT
John TC
ETT ETT ETT ETT
Generational CABs are bonuses that you earn when IBOs in your organization – who have reached the same earned position as you –
help their newly sponsored IBOs meet their customer qualifications.
Bob is promoted to
Jill’s Open Line
Jill TC – Jill’s open line has Jill
Jill’s Open Line
Jill earns a $20 TC TC changed TC
1st Generation CAB Sara earns a $50 TC
ETT QTT ETT QTT
on Steve open line CAB on Joe
Bob Bob QTT
ETL Bob earns a $20 TC
TC 1st Generation CAB
Sara earns a on Joe
Jill’s 1st Gen
Sara ETT ETT Sara ETT ETT
$50 TC open TC TC
Jill isn’t
U.S.
Bob’s 1st
line CAB on eligible Joe
Gen
Steve ETT QTT
Compensation Steve QTT for a CAB QTT
Plan Overview on Joe
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6. Team Customer
Team Customer Acquisition Bonuses (TCABs)
Monthly Team Acquisition Bonuses (TCABs) are paid to ETTs and above for helping new TTs in your open line get qualified within their first 30 days and vary from
Acquisition $100 to $50,000 depending on your earned position and the number of new, open line, QTTs in a calendar month.
Bonuses Executive Team Trainer (ETT) TCAB Executive Team Leader (ETL) TCAB
Anyone who is an ETT during a month of this promotion is eligible. An ETT who has at least 2 open Anyone who is an ETL during a month of this promotion is eligible. An ETL who has at least 3 open
line TTs, whose start dates are during a calendar month of this promotion, line TTs, whose start dates are during a calendar month of this promotion, and
® and each of those TTs are qualified(1) within 30 days of their start date will each of those TTs are qualified(1) within 30 days of their start date
receive a $100 BONUS! will receive a $200 BONUS!
Amount of Amount of
TCAB Compensation TCAB Compensation
$100 $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,500 $3,000 $200 $750 $1,500 $2,500 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 $6,000 $7,000
2 QTTs 4 QTTs 6 QTTs 9 QTTs 12 QTTs 15 QTTs 3 QTTs 5 QTTs 10 QTTs 15 QTTs 20 QTTs 25 QTTs 30 QTTs 35 QTTs 40 QTTs
The number of new open line TTs who become qualified within their first 30 days. The number of new open line TTs who become qualified within their first 30 days.
Team Coordinator (TC) TCAB Regional Director (RD) TCAB
Anyone who is a TC, RD, RVP or SVP during a month of this promotion is eligible. Anyone who is a Regional Director during a month of this promotion is eligible.
A TC who has at least 5 open line TTs, whose start dates are during a A RD who has at least 25 open line TTs whose start dates are during a
calendar month of this promotion, and each of those TTs are calendar month of this promotion, and each of those TTs are qualified (1)
qualified(1) within 30 days of their start date will receive a within 30 days of their start date will receive a $2,000 bonus!
$500 BONUS!
Amount of Amount of
TCAB Compensation TCAB Compensation
$500 $1,500 $3,000 $5,000 $6,500 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 $25,000 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000
5 QTTs 10 QTTs 15 QTTs 20 QTTs 25 QTTs 30 QTTs 40 QTTs 50 QTTs 100 QTTs 25 QTTs 50 QTTs 100 QTTs
The number of new open line TTs who become qualified within their first 30 days. The number of new open line TTs who become qualified within their first 30 days.
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TCABs will be paid 14 days following the new Team Trainer’s start date, once
Regional Vice President (RVP) TCAB they qualify within their first 30 days. Bonus payments will be calculated and
Anyone who is a RVP or SVP during a month of this promotion is eligible. paid weekly and reconciled after the close of the applicable calendar month. In
A RVP who has at least 25 open line TTs, whose start dates are during a order to receive TCABs, ETTs and above must maintain the minimum number of
calendar month of this promotion, and each of those TTs are qualified(1) personal customers to be qualified as a Team Trainer.
within 30 days of their start date will receive a $2,000 BONUS!
Amount of
TCAB Compensation
U.S.
Compensation $2,000 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $25,000 $50,000
Plan Overview 25 QTTs 50 QTTs 100 QTTs 150 QTTs 250 QTTs 500 QTTs
The number of new open line TTs who become qualified within their first 30 days.
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